Wet weekend on the way

Rain fell across most of Gippsland overnight, causing some minor flooding in parts of the Latrobe Valley.

The highest falls were 52 millimetres in Tanjil East, and 40 millimetres in Callignee.

29 millimetres fell in Morwell, and Bairnsdale recorded 11 millimetres.

Graham Perkins of the State Emergency Service says crews in the Latrobe Valley were kept busy responding to calls to assist with storm damage, with the majority of calls coming from Morwell. Heavy rainfall caused stormwater drains to become blocked and some homes were flooded.

"I'm very happy to report that most of our jobs were able to be tied up by, say, 11 o'clock last night, we had quite a few tasks, I haven't counted them in total but I think there was about 35, it was a widespread thunderstorm.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting more wet weather for Gippsland this weekend. Roger Lurz, a forecaster at the bureau's East Sale RAAF Base says some parts of Gippsland are still receiving good rain this morning.

"It's still raining out through eastern parts of Gippsland, the main sort of area of rain has now moved east of Bairnsdale. (There's) good rain through there. They've got a chance of some storms popping out before that whole trough system clears Victoria."

He said in other parts of Gippsland it remained very, very humid.

"Humidity levels will about 70 per cent all day long, that's creating some pretty cloudy conditions."

Roger Lurz says the weather pattern will remain similar for the Gippsland region over the weekend.

"On Sunday we have a trough system moving into our area, depending on what happens with the low that forms out of that will have a big bearing on how much rain we get through Sunday night into Monday.

"Most likely it will be more eastern parts of Gippsland that will get it, but it could extend through to some parts of western Gippsland as well, the totals there could be very useful.

"Expect later Sunday into Monday to be wet regardless. As they say, if the wind blows from the east long enough we do fairly well here in Gippsland and that is certainly looking like the case this time.

Meanwhile, Parks Victoria says visitors can return to the Alpine National Park this weekend, but they need to be wary of flash flooding.

The District Chief Ranger, Peter Jacobs, yesterday warned visitors to stay away from the park after Wednesday's flash floods.

Workers are still trying to clear trees and boulders that were washed on to Tamboritha Road north of Licola.

Mr Jacobs says visitors should check weather forecasts before they travel to the Alpine National Park.

"We just ask people to take extreme care if they are aware that there's thunderstorm activity around because it is quite unpredictable where some of these heavy falls can happen," Mr Jacobs said.